The Wolverine Lake Village Council has decided to pull out of a joint police services agreement with Walled Lake that was set to expire June 30, 2013. The decision was unanimously approved at the Village Council’s Wednesday, April 13 meeting. The shared policing agreement fell short of a full merger between the village and city’s police departments, but included combined purchasing of police equipment including vehicles, weapons, ammunition, office supplies and other shared services. According [...]

The Wixom City Council has extended by six months a moratorium on all land uses involving the growth/cultivation of medical marijuana in the city. This is the second time the council has voted to extend the medical marijuana moratorium. Based on recommendations from the Planning Commission and the city attorney, council members thought it prudent to postpone drafting an ordinance regulating medical marijuana land uses until cases currently in litigation come to some conclusion. Bloomfield [...]

Lakes area residents need not look beyond the boundaries of their own communities to help feed the hungry. To meet this need, the Hospitality House Food Pantry is hosting its largest fundraiser of the year on Saturday, April 30. “The money raised is used for purchasing food for local families in need that can be bought for just under 35 cents a pound,” said Hospitality House Director Kristy Hutson. The 5th annual “Millionaires Party and [...]

Orchard Lake officials introduced and swore in a new police chief, Joe George, at the City Council’s Monday, April 18 meeting. The city’s governing body conducted eight back-to-back police chief candidate interviews at special meetings held last week. The council came to a consensus at the conclusion of the Tuesday, April 12 meeting and authorized Mayor Bruce McIntyre and the personnel committee to negotiate and execute a contract. George will take over Police Chief Fred [...]

The Commerce Township Board of Trustees unanimously voted at their Tuesday, April 12 meeting to use Tri-party funds to add a right-turn lane at the westbound Oakley Park Road intersection with South Commerce Road. Adding a right-turn lane at an intersection has a general cost of $100,000 per approach. Commerce has received a 2011 Tri-party program allotment of $125,204 for this year and is responsible for contributing $41,735. The Tri-party program allows local communities to [...]

The Waterford Area Chamber of Commerce, Waterford Township and Waterford Cultural Council are hosting a business recognition event to honor the bevy of enterprises that enhance the community. The event, sponsored by Best Source Credit Union, will be held on the Highland Lakes Campus of Oakland Community College, located at 7350 Cooley Lake Road in Waterford, from 7:15 to 9 a.m. on May 5. Oakland County Parks Executive Officer Daniel Stencil will be this year’s [...]

The West Bloomfield High School Performing Arts Program will present its spring production of “Fiddler on the Roof” next week at the West Bloomfield High School Auditorium. Show times are scheduled for Thursday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 29 at 8 p.m., and Saturday, April 30 at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online until Sunday, April 24 by going to the web site at showtix4u.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the [...]

White Lake and Waterford residents will have the opportunity to grow their own fresh vegetables this summer in a community garden at Hess-Hathaway Park, located on the Waterford Township side of Williams Lake Road between Elizabeth Lake and Cooley Lake roads. The Citizens Farm Project at Hess-Hathaway seeks to educate and encourage residents to grow their own organic produce, resulting in little or none of the carbon emissions associated with commercial farming. The project involves [...]

Doug Bourgeois was appointed to the Highland Township Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board by the township Board of Trustees on Wednesday, April 13. Bourgeois, who is currently a fire marshal with the Highland Township Fire Department, will be finishing out the term of Doreen Kosieracki, who stepped down earlier this year. Kosieracki’s term is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2012. Township Supervisor Triscia Pilchowski said she believes Bourgeois will be “really good addition” to [...]

Walled Lake City Councilman Edmund Bennett tendered his resignation at the Tuesday, April 5 council meeting, indicating he won’t fulfill his term in office set to expire in November 2011. The City Council has appointed Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Board Chairman William Sturgeon as Bennett’s replacement, effective immediately. Bennett attributes his early departure to personal health reasons. “My health isn’t that good,” he said. “I don’t want to comment further.” Bennett was elected to council [...]